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Displaying and maintaining an IRF fabric ··················································································································· 28

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LACP MAD-enabled IRF configuration example································································································· 28

BFD MAD-enabled IRF configuration example ··································································································· 31

ARP MAD-enabled IRF configuration example ··································································································· 33

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Section	Page
Title Page	1
IRF Configuration Guide	3
IRF overview	5
IRF benefits	5
Application scenario	5
Basic concepts	6
IRF member roles	6
IRF member ID	6
IRF port	6
Physical IRF port	7
IRF domain ID	7
IRF split	7
IRF merge	8
Member priority	8
Interface naming conventions	8
File system naming conventions	9
Configuration synchronization mechanism	10
Master election	10
IRF multi-active detection	10
Multi-active handling procedure	10
Detection	11
Collision handling	11
Failure recovery	11
LACP MAD	11
BFD MAD	12
ARP MAD	13
Configuring IRF	15
General restrictions and configuration guidelines	15
Software requirements	15
IRF link redundancy	15
IRF physical port restrictions and cabling requirements	15
MAD	15
Other configuration guidelines	15
Setup and configuration task list	16
Planning the IRF fabric setup	17
Assigning a member ID to each IRF member switch	17
Specifying a priority for each member switch	18
Connecting physical IRF ports	18
Binding physical ports to IRF ports	19
Accessing the IRF fabric	21
Accessing the CLI of the master switch	21
Accessing the CLI of a subordinate switch	22
Assigning an IRF domain ID to the IRF fabric	22
Configuring a member switch description	22
Configuring IRF bridge MAC persistence	23
Enabling software auto-update for system software image synchronization	24
Setting the IRF link down report delay	25
Configuring MAD	25
Configuring LACP MAD	26
Configuring BFD MAD	27
Configuring ARP MAD	29
Excluding a port from the shutdown action upon detection of multi-active collision	30
Recovering an IRF fabric	31
Displaying and maintaining an IRF fabric	32
Configuration examples	32
LACP MAD-enabled IRF configuration example	32
Network requirements	32
Configuration procedure	33
BFD MAD-enabled IRF configuration example	35
Network requirements	35
Configuration procedure	35
ARP MAD-enabled IRF configuration example	37
Network requirements	37
Configuration procedure	37
Support and other resources	40
Contacting HP	40
Subscription service	40
Related information	40
Documents	40
Websites	40
Conventions	41
Command conventions	41
GUI conventions	41
Symbols	41
Network topology icons	42
Port numbering in examples	42

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